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Greg Mankiw’s birthday wish (with my “Happy Birthday”, of course!). Among other things, I learnt I’d be young forever, despite being (aspiring to be?) an economist; here’s why: “[…] you know you are old when you spend more time thinking about money than sex. If so, we economists must age prematurely. After all, it’s our job to think about money, both our own and other people’s.” Apparently Mankiw forgot about the Solow-Friedman sex vs. money context (see page 3 of that PDF presentation; don’t worry about the rest of the presentation in Romanian- unless you are Romanian, of course, in which case you might also want more background on that presentation).
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“[…] beware the one-armed economist; sometimes a good economist could use two or even three arms or more“. This is the conclusion of a nice article by Tyler Cowen in the NYTimes.
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We all look forward to the Super Tuesday tomorrow; high time to remember some of the differences in the economics perspectives of the Democrat leading candidates and, respectively, of the Republican leading candidates (with Giuliani out, for better or worse…). For a brief account of their views on science see here: Clinton, Obama; McCain, Romney. Also see an excellent editorial by Donald Kennedy on why it is important to know the Presidential candidates position on science.
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When to say “I love you”, in Tyler Cowen’s perspective. I am particularly fond of the ‘Proustian reminder’ rationale in 4 (though I will strongly deny that was my only reason, ever, to utter those words) :-).
